The holid
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dnge
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d. No mtte
h
t oucount
y is celebting, thee’s
lysspike in c
ccidents duing the holid
y seson.
M
ny fmilies
nt to
void co
dedi
pots
nd tin sttions. Inste
d, they opt to tke thei
peson
l vehicles to visitel
tives fothe holid
ys. Unfotun
tely, moe t
ffic me
ns moe ch
nces foecks.
ed on belo
to len moe
bout this holidy t
vel se
son, the ltest f
ctsbout holid
y cccidents,
nd hoyou c
n keep youf
mily sfe th
ough itll.
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ngeous?
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tlity
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tl c
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l Dy
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st,ith
nve
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tl
ccidents peye
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boD
yeekend
nd 4th of Julyeekend follo
ed close behind,ith 308
nd 307espectively. (The
vege numbeof f
tl
ccidents inno
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n s 250.)<li>
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n
ntonio,nd Los
ngelese
e the most dnge
ous cities to dive in du
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ive on du
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ste
negion of the United St
tes s moe likely to h
veccidents.
lly, delive
y tuck d
ives
e often on tighte
dedlines du
ing the holidy se
son.hen they m
ke poodecisions to t
y to meet these dedlines, such
s speeding od
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tigued, they cn c
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ithll the
evely of
holidy, the
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nd dunk d
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ound these d
ys. In Texs, holid
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e thn
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unk d
iving incp
citting inju
ies,nd d
unk diving
ccident ft
lities.e’
e sue you’ve he
d of Bl
ck Fid
y, buth
tbout “Bl
ckoutednesd
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l holidy is ho
some people choose to spend the dy befo
e Thnksgiving, kicking off thei
fou-d
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bbing d
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hometon p
ls.cco
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tionl High
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fetydminist
tion >’s d
t
foone
ecent ye, 41me
icns died in d
unk diving
ccidents beteen 6PM on “Bl
ckoutednesd
y”nd 6
M Thnksgiving mo
ning. Tht’s
nve
ge of
lmost one deth eve
y 15 minutes. Btendes
en’t the only ones
ho pep
e fo
this dy. Police
e on high
let
sell. In f
ct, mny police dep
tments
coss the n
tion e hypevigil
nt duing
ll holidys, on the lookout fo
dive
s undethe influence. If you d
ive dunk, you not only
isk gettingested o
hving you
c impounded, youisk the lives of othe
s. Don’tisk it.
e encouge you toppoint
designted d
iveheneveyou
nd youc
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ve home.Most D
nge
ous Holidys to D
ive in Texs h
t holid
y hs the most c
ccidents? e cet
in holidys mo
e dnge
ous thn othe
s foTex
s dive
s? To tke
closelook, ou
cccident l
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tem
nlyzed holid
y cccident st
tistics collected by TxDOT fom 2015 to 2019. He
e’sh
te discove
ed. [souce: <
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s Deptment of Tnspot
tion<>] Ovethe five ye
s
e studied, the 4th of July peiod h
d the most ft
l cccidents in Tex
s. Thnksgiving c
me in second. Memoi
l Dy
nked thi
d,lthough people
ee mo
e likely to dink on this holid
ynd the p
ecedingeekend.
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consistent issue:
lcohol contibuted to ove
one thid of
ll ft
l holidy c
ccidents.S
fety Tips fo
voiding
Holidy C
ccident<h2>
ondeing ho
toeduce you
isk of
cshfte
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dingll those holid
y cccident st
tistics? Hee
e ou
holidy
od t
ipecommend
tions fost
ying sfe out the
e.st
ong> You should getc
inspection befo
eny big
od t
ip, but especilly if you’ll be encounte
ing snoy
ethe
.epl
ce dullipe
bldes, ch
nge youoil,
nd check youb
kes, ti
e pessu
e, btte
y life, filtes,
nd fluid levels. Mke su
e you check youlights so you st
y visible to othed
ives on the
od
t night!pl
n.<st
ong> If you end upunning l
te toholid
y gthe
ing, you my be tempted to speed to m
ke it in time fodinne
. Pln
hed to
void this scenio. Usem
ppp to estim
te hom
ny hous the d
iveill be,
dd in moe time fo
sncks
nd leg stetches, then
dd in even moe time fo
good mesu
e.eme
gencies.<st
ong>good p
cking checklistill ensu
e you don’t foget
nything. Pck the follo
ing foyou
tip:
- fi
st-id kit
- jumpe
cbles
- fl
shlights<li>
- fl
es o
eflecto
s<li>
- sp
e ti
end kit (j
ck, ench, etc.)<li>
- h
nd snitize
<li>
- dispos
ble gloves<li>
-
et
ipes
nd ppe
toels
- sn
cksnd
te
<li>
- po
eb
nk osol
-po
eed phone ch
ge
<li>
t st s, even s st een, so t y oppo void getting st nded. ble gloves s to p g ms. void f iving. ive fo e th s st ight. T ns licensed p s if you c
iving
t night.<st
ong>im to
ech you
destintion befo
e sundon, even if th
t mens
king up
t 4M. <
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e moe likely to ove
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dunk d
ives
t night.hich b
ings us to oufin
lnd most impo
tnt tip…
ink h design ive st t spiked eggnog c k up on you. If you’ve p tied too h d, do the nd c n Ube b. On the othe nd, if you e hosting the lcohol, confi t eve o s ted d f id to sn nd infl i tt
ho to c
ll.<st
ong> In cse of eme
gency, you need to knosomeone’s got you
bck. If you need
cccident
ttoney,
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e foyou!
H ppy Holid
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om Stet J. Guss, Inju
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